放纵
fàng zòng · HSK 7
to indulge
🍰🛋️ FANG lets you ZONE out — indulge without limits
Fàng means release or let go; zòng means vertical or unrestrained. Together: releasing all restraint, letting someone (or yourself) run wild — pampering, indulging, or looking the other way.
放 — 方 (square/phonetic) + 攵 (rap/strike radical)
放 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 方 supplies the sound and 攵 (a hand holding a stick) supplies the meaning of striking or driving away. The original sense was to banish or drive out, which broadened over time to 'release', 'let go', and 'put down'.